​The Silicon Valley Business Journal on June 3 held its first Business of Food & Beverage event, featuring tables groaning with food from restaurateurs at San Jose’s San Pedro Square Market — as well an array of tasty beers and wines. The roundtable discussion pulled on the knowledge local food-industry experts.

​Anticipating a population surge in the Bay Area, Silicon Valley hospitals are rushing to grab market share, particularly in women’s and children’s care. That has set off competition for patients as rival groups carve up the territory, seeking to become the hospitals of choice for growing populations of parents.